profound admiration for

collocation in English

meaningsofprofound,admirationandfor

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profound
adjective
uk
/prəˈfaʊnd/
us
/prəˈfaʊnd/
felt or experienced very strongly or in an ...
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admiration
noun[U]
uk
/ˌæd.mɪˈreɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌæd.məˈreɪ.ʃən/
the feeling of admiring someone ...
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for
preposition
uk
/fɔːr/
us
/fɔːr/
intended to be ...
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(Definition ofprofound,admirationandforfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I would again like to express myprofoundadmirationfor the way in which they carry out their arduous duties.
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I have seen no cause in the years which have passed to diminish by one jot or iota my veryprofoundadmirationfor that man.
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I haveprofoundadmirationfor our permanent officials, believing that they are beyond compare both in their knowledge and skill.
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Some of them have escaped, which fact, in my mind at least, creates aprofoundadmirationfor the medical profession.
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I look back upon my association with them, day by day, with the mostprofoundadmirationand gratitude.
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Let me place on record myprofoundadmirationfor the way in which both the services and their vital and essential civilian support are coping.
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I am glad to hear that he, like me, hasprofoundadmirationfor our emergency services and the splendid work that they do.
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It also enables us to voice our deep andprofoundadmirationfor the manner in which they are bearing themselves under this most terrible strain.
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We all have the mostprofoundadmirationfor the unforgettable deeds that they have performed in the war.
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They all have aprofoundadmirationfor this country, and they were most hesitant to criticise the farmers at home.
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I haveprofoundadmirationfor these people.
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Owens has always held aprofoundadmirationfor the art of jazz and displayed an immeasurable respect for the jazz pioneers that set the stage before him.
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