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

Things began to come to a head with “Don’t Worry Baby,” Wilson’s thinly veiled rewrite of The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” which he considered to be pop’s finest moment.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025

In fact, that seemed to have been the entire business which had come to a head when the vigilance committee followed him to Mr Coldfield’s gate that day two months before.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner