perm
noun
Example Sentences
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Huddleston likes to get her hair permed and, according to her daughter, “remember what it was like when Dad was here.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Carl shares several notable traits with Ross: permed hair, a soft-spoken delivery and a penchant for painting bucolic landscapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
One way he did this was to save money on haircuts by getting his locks permed.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2021
Asawa’s mother got her hair permed for the first time and socialized with the other women at the camp, activities her hardscrabble farm life never allowed.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2020
She’d permed her hair, I saw, and wore an elegant, ankle-length black dress.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
