The phrase "as awry" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that has gone wrong or deviated from what was expected.
Example: "The project went as awry as we feared when the main server crashed unexpectedly."
Alternatives: "as wrong" or "as off course".
Things began to go awry as soon as we picked up the car.
This is less than convincing, and another exhibition — the largest in the museum — goes even further awry, as far as New South ideals are concerned.
The visit began to go awry as soon as Leo reached the Massachusetts Turnpike, where he browbeat his companion, Lupe, into driving west.
The Mets received eight superb innings from Johan Santana, and Carlos Delgado's 450th home run, but everything started going awry as soon as "Wild Thing," not "Enter Sandman," Wagner's entrance music, blared over the Shea Stadium loudspeakers before the ninth.
Of course, Michael Dell never entirely left his company and shares the blame for what's gone awry as much as for any triumphs to come.
The instance in which a woman was ordered to spend a night alone in the woods nearly went awry as well.
Demeure, chaste et pure" from Gounod's "Faust" (in which a final violin note went alarmingly awry), as was Ruxandra Donose in an excerpt from Rossini's "Cenerentola".
And always, they comfort one another whenever someone wobbles emotionally, or something goes awry, as was the case this past week, when eight Americans were killed and more than 50 injured in what has been called the fiercest combat in the Afghanistan campaign.
As for the scientists, one thing about their methodology strikes me as slightly awry, and that is the notion of "facilitated physical activity intervention".
"Like, Miss Marple gone horribly awry?" As if, as this Nancy might say.
