The phrase "a breathtaking thing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is astonishing or awe-inspiring, often in a positive context.
Example: "The view from the mountaintop was truly a breathtaking thing, leaving everyone speechless."
Alternatives: "an awe-inspiring sight" or "a stunning experience."
For the rest of us, the patience and ruthlessness of the long-term leavers – a tiny band, fiddling at the political margins for a quarter of a century – will always be a breathtaking thing.
Even if the 77-year-old Mr. Kim's political allies are not willing to completely write him off yet, for many who follow this country's rough and tumble politics, the president's stunning descent, to 25percentt approval ratings and scarcely veiled challenges within his own party, has been a breathtaking thing to watch.
Mirrione: When Leo is running out of the forest, carrying the guy, and the camera pans over and you see the horses on the hill, the riders coming … I remember watching that in dailies and thinking, "That's the most breathtaking thing I've ever seen".
Mirrione: When Leo is running out of the forest, carrying the guy, and the camera pans over and you see the horses on the hill, the riders coming … I remember watching that in dailies and thinking, "That's the most breathtaking thing I've ever seen". Lubezki: You don't realize it, but [production designer Jack Fisk] painted all the foreground trees black.
There are some daft things in there but some incredibly intellectually breathtaking things as well.
This planet we live on can create amazing, breathtaking things like the Northern Lights, Machu Picchu and the Great Barrier Reef.
In fact these moronic things often feel like the most important, powerful, significant, breathtaking things you will ever do, ever feel, and ever think.
In fact, these moronic things often feel like the most important, powerful, significant, breathtaking things you will ever do, ever feel and ever think.
It was a breathtaking performance, the sort of thing that only a true intellectual who keeps up constantly with the relevant scholarship could do.
The moment Winton, on returning from the Dunkirk evacuation, realised he could not continue in his City office work was when a colleague said, with a breathtaking lack of perspective: "Oh Nicky, things aren't too good – gilt‑edge bonds are flat today".
The moment Winton, on returning from the Dunkirk evacuation, realised he could not continue in his City office work was when a colleague said, with a breathtaking lack of perspective: "Oh Nicky, things aren't too good – gilt‑edge bonds are flat today". But though compelled to get more directly involved in the conflict, he retained a striking composure, even in the most difficult circumstances.
