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
"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
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
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
