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Discover LudwigThe 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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