perm

Example Sentences

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A male friend recently asked Caruso Sichenzia whether he should get a perm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

I had the perm and then I went bald after that, cut it off.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

Backed by dancers dressed as rodeo clowns, Roan - herself wearing a sequinned cowboy hat and sparkly boots - rode a a giant pink carousel pony, complete with an 80s perm.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2025

I remember running to the store to grab a box of perm for my mom or grab a box of perm for my sister and them combing it through their hair and sitting there.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2024

The woman stood at Aunty Ifeoma’s window, her hair in a riotous curly perm swaying in the wind.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie