come to a head

Example Sentences

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It’s come to a head lately as housebuilding in the U.K. has reached record lows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

There are personality differences, disagreement with book choices, intrinsic ways of seeing the world that can occasionally come to a head in a book club.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

But it will come to a head Wednesday when, after nearly two months, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva is sworn into Congress, 50 days after winning election to the House of Representatives.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2025

"As the population is getting older and we are clamping down on one viable source of current and future workforce, this issue will come to a head," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

Now the time had finally come to a head, when he was to be forced to face his doom.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White