diff --git a/examples/multi-layouts.rs b/examples/multi-layouts.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b38f9d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/multi-layouts.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+use textwrap::{NoHyphenation, Options};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "hyphenation")]
+use hyphenation::{Language, Load, Standard};
+
+// Pretend this is an external crate
+mod library {
+    use textwrap::{Options, WordSplitter};
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Default)]
+    pub struct Layout<'a> {
+        // Use trait-objects which can be easily converted from any concrete `Options`
+        styles: Vec<Box<Options<'a, dyn WordSplitter + 'a>>>,
+    }
+
+    impl<'a> Layout<'a> {
+        pub fn new() -> Self {
+            Default::default()
+        }
+
+        // Similar signature like `wrap` has, so it takes (nearly) everything that `warp` takes.
+        pub fn add<S: WordSplitter + 'a, T: Into<Options<'a, S>>>(&mut self, option: T) {
+            self.styles.push(Box::new(option.into()));
+        }
+
+        pub fn print(&self, text: &str) {
+            // Now we can easily go over all the arbitrary Options and use them for layouting.
+            for opt in self.styles.iter() {
+                println!();
+
+                // the debug output of the hyphenation is very long
+                //println!("Options: {:#?}", opt);
+
+                println!("{:0width$}", 0, width = opt.width);
+
+                // Just use the textwrap functions as usual.
+                // However, we have to first coerce it into a trait-object
+                let dyn_opt: &Options<'a, dyn WordSplitter> = opt;
+                println!("{}", textwrap::fill(text, dyn_opt));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn main() {
+    // pretend we are a user of the library module above
+
+    // Just some options (see below for usage)
+    let some_opt = Options::new(25).initial_indent("----");
+
+    // The struct from the 'library' that we are using
+    let mut layout = library::Layout::new();
+
+    // Add some arbitrary options. We can use here the same as for `fill` & `wrap`.
+
+    // Plain Options
+    layout.add(Options::new(20));
+
+    // usize
+    layout.add(30);
+
+    // Customized Options
+    let opt = Options::new(30);
+    let opt = opt.subsequent_indent("****");
+    layout.add(opt.clone()); // notice, here we pass opt by-value instead of by-reference
+
+    // We can use boxed splitters too (however, we have to coerce the Options)
+    let opt: Options = opt.splitter(Box::new(NoHyphenation));
+    layout.add(opt);
+
+    // We can also pass-in references, however, those need to outlive the local
+    // `layout`, so here, it must be declared before `layout` (drop order).
+    layout.add(&some_opt);
+
+    // If you like, you can download more dictionaries from
+    // https://github.com/tapeinosyne/hyphenation/tree/master/dictionaries
+    // Place the dictionaries in the examples/ directory. Here we
+    // just load the embedded en-us dictionary.
+    #[cfg(feature = "hyphenation")]
+    for lang in &[Language::EnglishUS] {
+        let dictionary = Standard::from_embedded(*lang).or_else(|_| {
+            let path = std::path::Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+                .join("examples")
+                .join(format!("{}.standard.bincode", lang.code()));
+            Standard::from_path(*lang, &path)
+        });
+
+        if let Ok(dict) = dictionary {
+            layout.add(Options::with_splitter(25, dict));
+        }
+    }
+
+    let example = "Memory safety without garbage collection. \
+                   Concurrency without data races. \
+                   Zero-cost abstractions.";
+
+    // Printout above text in all different layouts
+    layout.print(example);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 65076f4b..1d71a78b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ pub mod core;
 
 /// Holds settings for wrapping and filling text.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct Options<'a, S = Box<dyn WordSplitter>> {
+pub struct Options<'a, S: ?Sized = Box<dyn WordSplitter>> {
     /// The width in columns at which the text will be wrapped.
     pub width: usize,
     /// Indentation used for the first line of output.
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pub struct Options<'a, S = Box<dyn WordSplitter>> {
     pub splitter: S,
 }
 
-impl<'a, S> From<&'a Options<'a, S>> for Options<'a, &'a S> {
+impl<'a, S: ?Sized> From<&'a Options<'a, S>> for Options<'a, &'a S> {
     fn from(options: &'a Options<'a, S>) -> Self {
         Self {
             width: options.width,
@@ -1239,4 +1239,72 @@ mod tests {
         fill_inplace(&mut text, 10);
         assert_eq!(text, "foo  bar   \nbaz");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn trait_object() {
+        let opt_a: Options<NoHyphenation> = Options::with_splitter(20, NoHyphenation);
+        let opt_b: Options<HyphenSplitter> = 10.into();
+
+        let mut dyn_opt: &Options<dyn WordSplitter> = &opt_a;
+        assert_eq!(wrap("foo bar-baz", dyn_opt), vec!["foo bar-baz"]);
+
+        // Just assign a totally different option
+        dyn_opt = &opt_b;
+        assert_eq!(wrap("foo bar-baz", dyn_opt), vec!["foo bar-", "baz"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn trait_object_vec() {
+        // Create a vector of referenced trait-objects
+        let mut vector: Vec<&Options<dyn WordSplitter>> = Vec::new();
+        // Expected result from each options
+        let mut results = Vec::new();
+
+        let opt_usize: Options<_> = 10.into();
+        vector.push(&opt_usize);
+        results.push(vec!["over-", "caffinated"]);
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "hyphenation")]
+        let dictionary = Standard::from_embedded(Language::EnglishUS).unwrap();
+        #[cfg(feature = "hyphenation")]
+        let opt_hyp = Options::new(8).splitter(dictionary);
+        #[cfg(feature = "hyphenation")]
+        vector.push(&opt_hyp);
+        #[cfg(feature = "hyphenation")]
+        results.push(vec!["over-", "caffi-", "nated"]);
+
+        // Actually: Options<Box<dyn WordSplitter>>
+        let opt_box: Options = Options::new(10)
+            .break_words(false)
+            .splitter(Box::new(NoHyphenation));
+        vector.push(&opt_box);
+        results.push(vec!["over-caffinated"]);
+
+        // Test each entry
+        for (opt, expected) in vector.into_iter().zip(results) {
+            assert_eq!(
+                // Just all the totally different options
+                wrap("over-caffinated", opt),
+                expected
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn outer_boxing() {
+        let mut wrapper: Box<Options<dyn WordSplitter>> = Box::new(Options::new(80));
+
+        // We must first deref the Box into a trait object and pass it by-reference
+        assert_eq!(wrap("foo bar baz", &*wrapper), vec!["foo bar baz"]);
+
+        // Replace the `Options` with a `usize`
+        wrapper = Box::new(Options::from(5));
+
+        // Deref per-se works as well, it already returns a reference
+        use std::ops::Deref;
+        assert_eq!(
+            wrap("foo bar baz", wrapper.deref()),
+            vec!["foo", "bar", "baz"]
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/splitting.rs b/src/splitting.rs
index 0d1b46f8..1f3f83b7 100644
--- a/src/splitting.rs
+++ b/src/splitting.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ impl<S: WordSplitter + ?Sized> WordSplitter for Box<S> {
     }
 }
 */
-impl<T: WordSplitter> WordSplitter for &T {
+impl<T: ?Sized + WordSplitter> WordSplitter for &T {
     fn split_points(&self, word: &str) -> Vec<usize> {
         (*self).split_points(word)
     }