The phrase "amount of consternation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the level or degree of anxiety, worry, or confusion someone is experiencing in a particular situation.
Example: "The unexpected news caused a significant amount of consternation among the employees, leading to a flurry of questions and concerns."
Alternatives: "level of distress" or "degree of anxiety".
In the Britain of 1962, young people were already creating a certain amount of consternation.
This secondary demarcation is a new innovation and causes a certain amount of consternation on the door.
Bra burning — the most famous habit of women's libbers — caused a fair amount of consternation back in the seventies, and the smoke has lingered.
While the city has long featured statues of kings, saints and the beloved composer Chopin, a 50-foot artificial palm tree by the artist Joanna Rajkowska caused confusion and no small amount of consternation when it was erected in 2002.
The public meeting hosted by the Richmond LGBT Forum in Richmond Library last week appears to have caused a huge amount of consternation, despite being a civilised, well ordered and sedate gathering.
Old school Facebookers will remember Poke as that innocent nudge gesture still hidden in a corner of the site, but the new Poke is a standalone app that's caused no small amount of consternation among the startups community.
As I travelled thousands of miles round the country these past few months, encouraging Americans to register and vote, everywhere I went – from rural hamlets to big cities and everything in between – I encountered a profound and tremendous amount of economic consternation.
Pound, who is the other major player in this book, became foreign correspondent for Poetry, and over the next several years he would provide invaluable assistance and also generate what would have been a fair amount of tooth-grinding consternation for anyone less poised than Harriet Monroe.
The Tories have promised to trim £12 billion (12%) from the working-age welfare budget by 2020, but have detailed cuts worth only a tenth of that amount, to the consternation of the Lib Dems.
It causes a lot of consternation and drama in Washington.
"There's a lot of consternation here," he said.
