Premise:
""You do a lotta sayin', Kells." The scowl was gone; Shannon's battered mouth was actually smiling."
Hypothesis: Shannon showed no signs of being battered as she continued to scowl.

no

Premise:
"uh-huh oh it sure is especially when you work out of town and everything that way at least that's for me"
Hypothesis: I work out of town

yes

Premise:
"In the '50s, we taunted the clunky cars of the U.S.S.R. for their farm-wagon squareness; now we drive cool SUVs."
Hypothesis: The cars of the '50s were never ridiculed or criticized for their shape.
no