The phrase "awful high" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is perceived as excessively high, often in a colloquial or informal context.
Example: "The prices at that restaurant are awful high for the quality of food they serve."
Alternatives: "extremely high" or "ridiculously high".
"That set the bar awful high for the rest of us in the class.
They had all, always, on these occasions, the aspects and voices, not only to [sic] awful High Priests before Drawing Room altars - but they held their heads at unnatural angles and appeared to be suffering the tortures of agonising souls.
Bob Dylan must surely be a cricket fan: can make an excellent thing seem awful (high score/ great lyrics vs technique/performance), ability to go on for ages without doing anything good, and divides opinion twixt those who think he is boring, and others who think he has much to teach".
Diego Rolan brings the ball down beautifully, but his shot is awful, high into the stand.
Canon's latest DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II, might be impressive, but that price tag is awful high for those just looking for a new, higher-end digital snapper.
Of course, even outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder concedes the standard is awful high for civil rights cases.
This week, Leo goes for a job at Geoff's car showroom, but can he survive a day with the awful, high-fiving colleagues?
Surely if there were some feminist subtext to the whole thing, it would have made sense to make the victims awful high-school jocks who deserve everything they get, as Michael Lehmann did in his blacker-than-black 1988 comedy.
Fun fact Kids … if you want to drive your parents or teacher crazy, hold a metal pole between finger and thumb of one hand and use the fingers of the other hand to rub up and down it to create an awful high-pitched sound.
By the way, she wasn't talking about that awful high-five.
But unless you have a truly awful, high-cost plan, it's hard to see how he can promise better results.
