Examples of perm in a Sentence
Noun
She got a perm last week.
Verb
She got her hair permed at the salon.
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Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Visitors who might have expected a history of perms and dyes instead discovered 3,000 intricate works of art, built up over generations.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 29 May 2025
Next, a neutralizing solution is applied to the hair to stop the perming solution from perming too much.
—Sable Yong, Vogue, 28 May 2025
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Noun
The style followed the initial trend of the straight bob, as women used methods like finger waving, comb waving, and chemical perms to create waves and curls in their short hair.
—Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Visitors who might have expected a history of perms and dyes instead discovered 3,000 intricate works of art, built up over generations.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
That’s probably because Rose, Blanche, and Dorothy wore their hair short and permed, and in Dorothy’s case, proudly gray.
—Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 29 May 2025
Next, a neutralizing solution is applied to the hair to stop the perming solution from perming too much.
—Sable Yong, Vogue, 28 May 2025
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“Perm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perm. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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perm
1 of 2 nounperm
2 of 2 verb
: to give (hair) a permanent
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