These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.
今日はいつも以上に暑い
きょうはいつもいじょうにあついToday is hotter than usual.
いつも以上に眠い
いつもいじょうにねむいMore sleepy than usual.
こんな状態が一週間以上も続いた。
こんなじょうたいがいちしゅうかんいじょうもつづいた。This kind of state continued for more than a week.