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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Marcus Lim, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Koko wears what appears to be a loose, curly perm with a wet finish.
—Jihan Forbes, Allure, 29 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
According to Ratanaruang, Miike even insisted on a specific hairstyle, the Punch Pama, a tight cropped perm popular amongst underworld elements in the 1970s.
—Marcus Lim, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Koko wears what appears to be a loose, curly perm with a wet finish.
—Jihan Forbes, Allure, 29 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 9 Nov. 2025.
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perm
1 of 2 nounperm
2 of 2 verb
: to give (hair) a permanent
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