Sentence examples similar to a frightful amount from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a frightful amount" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a large quantity of something that is alarming or concerning.
Example: "The company faced a frightful amount of debt after the financial crisis."
Alternatives: "an alarming amount" or "a staggering amount".

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There followed a frightful beating.

Onions and a frightful stew.

This was a frightful ordeal.

"Guruji had a frightful personality," Iyengar wrote.

We're not a frightful people.

It was, he said, "a frightful dump".

It really is a frightful business.

What a frightful tragedy...".. [the Kielce pogrom was July 4].

But they have a frightful clarity even today.

Such a frightful vision could not be left unchallenged.

This has put Shariatmadari in a frightful predicament".

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