After the storm destroyed their house, they were, 'in a manner of speaking' [='so to speak, as it were'], lost at sea. [=they felt lost and confused after their house was destroyed]
He had never been on a boat before, but he walked along the deck as if 'to the manner born'.
A number of patients have complained about the doctor's impersonal 'bedside manner'.
(..) sighted in Hogsmeade. Now... should anyone... student or staff attempt to aid Mr. Potter? They will be punished in a manner consistent with the severity of their transcription, further more... Any person found to have knowledge of these events... who fails to come forward... (..)2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2