| Long before Twiggy made boniness fashionable, St. Catherine of Siena starved herself to death in the 14th century to prove her faith. |
| Francis Bacon once pointed out the amazing boniness of a particular Degas pastel — how the top of the model's spine seemed almost to break through the tautened skin as she craned forward to dry her hair. |
| Somehow his boniness and gauntness extends to his personality. |
| The opposition between Odette's sharp boniness and her too delicate flesh correspond to the lobster mentioned much later in A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs. |
| He was a tall, thin man, dark hair beginning to go gray, a boniness distinguishing his features. |
| They disregarded its boniness and reveled in its marvelous flavor. |
