How to Use Shiba Inu in a Sentence

Shiba Inu

noun
  • Follow a cute, barking Shiba Inu to find a ghost, then pet the pup afterward.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Thousands of comments flooded the post wishing the Shiba Inu well.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Crypto may be known for extreme price swings, as investors leap in and out of assets like Bitcoin and Shiba Inu.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 July 2025
  • Want a studio-quality photograph of a Shiba Inu dog wearing a beret and black turtleneck?
    — Wired, 14 July 2022
  • The biggest and most popular meme coins, dogecoin and Shiba Inu, lost about 14% each.
    — Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
  • There are also close to a thousand kinds of wine, mostly from Italy and France, and a resident Shiba Inu, who spends most nights perched on the bar.
    — Alex Halberstadt, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The creatures are made by stabbing wool roving into the small, gumball-size rotund shape of a koala or a Shiba Inu, then enclosed in clear plastic capsules.
    — Abigail Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Viewers were treated to the sight of a solitary Shiba Inu sitting stiffly among a large group of its kind in Madison Square Park.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Fittingly, Adidas chose a Shiba Inu to represent Japan.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
  • Fans of the guessing game have offered thousands of theories, with guesses from Akita to Shiba Inu and various mixes.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • While other meme coins like Shiba Inu and Pepe have also had longevity and risen to market caps in the billions, many of these coins — like the memes they’re named after — are fleeting.
    — Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Dogecoin surged more than 15% and Shiba Inu gained 6%, according to Coin Metrics.
    — Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Peanut Butter, a 4-year-old Shiba Inu, had cemented himself in gaming lore by completing the challenge in front of hundreds of fans.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • The acronym alludes to the name of one of Musk’s favorite memes, a picture of a Shiba Inu dog, and the name of a cryptocurrency that the tech billionaire has long boosted.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Tensions rise when the family dog (played by Fineman’s Shiba Inu, Peach), is also gifted a miniature, puppy-sized robe -- and more presents, too.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 21 Dec. 2020
  • In just a matter of days, the viral TikTok video has amassed 200 comments so far, as social media users lauded the Shiba Inu.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Among the products and features that Robinhood launched this year before retirement accounts were the ability to buy and sell Shiba Inu digital coins and trade options in cash accounts.
    — Peter Rudegeair, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Bandit is a Shiba Inu puppy whose young life is full of play and chaos—as showcased by his owner on Bandit's dedicated TikTok account, @thefrostybandit.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The movie features bits of magical realism too, like an advice-giving Shiba Inu dog, and singles that are quite literally (and somewhat disgustingly) birthed in the form of talking cassette tapes.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Popular examples include Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, which have gained immense popularity despite starting as jokes.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Examples of dominant yellow coat patterns are seen today in Shiba Inu, chow chows, bullmastiffs, and Irish terriers, Gizmodo reports.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021
  • In February, after tweeting a picture of his own pet, a Shiba Inu like the Dogecoin mascot, the token’s market cap increased by $500 million.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The assets recovered include not only Bitcoin and Ethereum, but also a collection of minor cryptocurrencies that vary in popularity, such as the Shiba Inu coin.
    — Ken Sweet, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The members, identified by cartoon Shiba Inu avatars, mocked Russian government accounts and used meme warfare to disrupt Moscow’s propaganda over the invasion.
    — David Gilbert, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Investors—from Wall Street mainstay institutions to the Elon fanboys who trade Shiba Inu meme coins in their basements—will clamor to purchase shares in SpaceX on the public markets.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
  • With this selection, readers can have an experience similar to readers in Japan in encountering this fresh new voice, inflected with Kanako’s distinctively Osakan warmth and wit (the adorable Shiba Inu mutt at the center of the story certainly may be part of the appeal too).
    — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Since its launch in 2018, the company has allowed users to buy, hold, and sell all the popular cryptocurrencies and stablecoins including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Worldwide Asset eXchange, Litecoin, Uniswap, Stellar Lumens, and more.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2026

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