Preposition: of

• everyone: As an artist he had the admiration of everyone from Philip Glass to Todd Terry.

• world: Well may we call our happy state of things the " envy of surrounding nations, and the admiration of the world!

Converse of object

• arouse: Sergey: To tell you honestly, Chechens do not arouse much admiration.

• excite: His energy, vision and engineering genius must excite the admiration of any engineer - it certainly did mine.

• elicit: The group elicited admiration, which leads me to believe that the general level of marksmanship in Norway is no better than elsewhere.

• compel: It is generous enough to disarm the most prickly of authors, and perceptive enough to compel admiration in its own right.

• sneak: Or sneaking admiration for their greater freedom to say exactly what they think?

• evoke: GK had an almost instinctive grasp of the reality of the Faith, his biography of Aquinas evoking stunned admiration from a renowned Thomist.

Preposition: for

• courage: THE LONG WALK June 1987 I've known even hardened republicans who have a sneaking admiration for the courage of the bomb squad.

• man: For are they not all comprehended in boundless admiration for the man she loves?

• way: I would like to express my admiration for the way in which she put the case to us.

• work: Friend's admiration for the excellent work of the meals on wheels service.

• people: The more I get into it, the deeper my admiration for these people gets.

Adjective modifier

• grudging: Jenny returns from solitary, this time to the grudging admiration of some of the women.

• undisguised: Did Lloyd George not hold an undisguised admiration for Hitler, even remarking in private that Hitler was a ' great man ' ?

• unbounded: Prints left by Hiroshige are now objects of unbounded admiration among lovers of pictures here.

• boundless: For are they not all comprehended in boundless admiration for the man she loves?

• utmost: He added their display of bravery in defense of the ships had gained them the utmost admiration from all pilots in his squadron.

• mutual: Here comes all the mutual admiration for a mediocre winner.

Modifies a noun

• society: Thus was born the two person admiration society for the actor.