Collocations for admiration - noun

deep, genuine, great, sincere, tremendous
frank, open
sneaking (BrE)
Inwardly, I had a sneaking admiration for them.

grudging, reluctant
mutual

be filled with, be full of, feel, have
I'm full of admiration for him.
I have the greatest admiration for the nurses.

express, show
She wrote to him expressing her admiration.

compel, draw, fill sb with, gain, win
a dignity that compels admiration
The way he dealt with the crisis filled me with admiration.
He gained the admiration of thousands of people.

be worthy of
As a writer she is certainly worthy of admiration.

lose
He never lost the admiration of his students.

in admiration
She stared at him in open admiration.

with admiration
He gazed at her with admiration.

admiration for
admiration for his work

a gasp of admiration (esp. BrE)
The picture was greeted with gasps of admiration.

have nothing but admiration for sb/sth
I have nothing but admiration for the way she tackled those bullies.