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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Jenna Ryu, SELF, 19 Mar. 2025
Hair styles and treatments: Harsh hair treatments, like perms and relaxers, and tight hairstyles that pull your locks can lead to hair thinning or a receding hairline.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2025
Patty Weasler, Rn, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
What does a hair gloss do, exactly? Most hair transformations (like dyeing, bleaching, relaxing, or perming) work by opening the outer layer of your hair (a.k.a.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
But once the hair’s internal structure is permanently altered or broken (often the case with bleaching, chemical treatments like perms and relaxers, and years of excessive heat styling)?
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 19 Mar. 2025
Hair styles and treatments: Harsh hair treatments, like perms and relaxers, and tight hairstyles that pull your locks can lead to hair thinning or a receding hairline.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2025
Verb
It can be inherited or triggered by hair styling techniques, such as perming, excessive blow-drying, and straightening.9
The condition causes fragile hair that breaks easily.
—Patty Weasler, Rn, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
What does a hair gloss do, exactly? Most hair transformations (like dyeing, bleaching, relaxing, or perming) work by opening the outer layer of your hair (a.k.a.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Perm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perm. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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perm
1 of 2 nounperm
2 of 2 verb
: to give (hair) a permanent
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