How to Use "lionize" with Example Sentences

1. It leads people to lionize the acting of making the bold decision to try something unconventional , but this decision , in the grand scheme of things , might not be that important .
2. And if they continued to lionize him in a public fashion , that these kinds of public demonstrations can only have a profoundly negative effect on our relationship .
3. I am not here to lionize my father ; in fact , I am not qualified . In any case , he would not value such accolade .