Collocations for admiration - noun

deep, genuine, great, sincere, tremendous | frank, open | sneaking
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 ~
She stared at him in open admiration.

with ~
gazing at her with admiration

~ for
admiration for his work

a gasp of admiration
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.