The phrase "awful manner" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a way of doing something that is very bad or unpleasant.
Example: "The presentation was delivered in such an awful manner that the audience lost interest quickly."
Alternatives: "terrible way" or "poor manner".
Now suddenly it looks like the golden prize has dripped into her lap – and then it's snatched away in the most awful manner".
"The hateful, the aggressive, the truly, truly awful manner which with so many are acting now has got to end.
But inattention to bad parents or guardians beating their kids to death or leaving them to die in some awful manner is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the way society looks aside as children die.
When the Life at last came out, five years after Boswell began, it was a popular success but offended many of Johnson's intimates, who were mortified to see their own conversations in print and were upset by the frankness of Boswell's portrait, which included Johnson's quick temper, his laziness, his sloppy dress, his awful table manners, and even hinted at a certain sexual kinkiness.
Trumpeter "Mr Fabulous" Alan Rubin, now maître d' at the fancy Chez Paul restaurant, is harder to sway, but Jake and Elwood engage in rude behavior and awful table manners, and promise to continue the behavior for every meal, every day, until he caves and agrees.
While "American Gangster" claims to be based on a true story, the suit claims that the depiction of the arrest, on Jan . 28 , 1975at Mr. Lucas's house in Teaneck, N.J., was shown "in the most awful and corrupt manner".
"He has charm, good manners, an awful lot of friends".
If his table manners are awful, work into the conversation how much you like a well-set table, with all those forks arranged to use from the outside in.
The main dish involves dispatching 12 small birds – ortolans – in a particularly awful (and, rightfully, now illegal) manner, so an alternative would be needed.
The Congressional contribution, the linchpin of the deal, was the hardest to get because Western Republicans kept holding it hostage to all manner of truly awful legislation.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 19 - On an unseasonably mild day last August, a small group of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's closest political allies could tell from his flushed face and subdued manner that something awful had happened in the Syrian capital of Damascus, where he had been summoned to a meeting with President Bashar al-Assad.
