come to a head

Example Sentences

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Events come to a head and the skillfully written climax is so distant and chilly that it speaks to a waning of interest in the figure of the philanderer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Eventually, though, this will all come to a head.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2025

The issue will again come to a head Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

A simmering crisis about the way people are selected for the highest positions in the Church of England has come to a head at a rare and urgent meeting.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

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