Try as she would, she could not banish the thought of him.

He could not banish the thought that this might be the last time.

I must banish the thought of him from my mind, she exclaimed, vehemently.

Vainly did she strive to banish the thought, and to reassure herself by his manner.

For a little while he could' not banish the thought of possible accidents from his mind.

She tried to banish the thought that no Norfolk shop would ever stock it on grounds of decency.

He did not try to banish the thought of her as he sometimes tried to banish painful thoughts.

He threw back his shoulders and smiled bravely, trying to banish the thought of his "bits of things."

Watching them leave, Barry could not banish the thought that he should have been the first to try it with them.

Otherwise he had taken little account of possible death; nor had it cost him any trouble to banish the thought of it.

The baron kept banishing the thought, and yet it ceaselessly returned.

She banished the thought almost as soon as it was conceived.

If I did, I as quickly banished the thought as preposterous.

He banished the thought, however, as too ridiculous, and beyond the bounds of probability.

Rhys banished the thought to a corner of his mind.

A sudden fear smote me, but I banished the thought and started jollying him profanely.