Also, passive voice can be considered more polite, as it sounds less aggressive or dramatic.

It was Osborne's ability to make records sound both aggressive and spacious that attracted the group to his work.

Jo sounds more aggressive than usual, which means she is worried.

"They may well eat you," I said in a voice that sounded aggressive, even to me.

Its tough, hard, primary colors can sound unpleasantly aggressive, as they did during the first scenes on Sunday.

Patrick plans on the album sounding harder and more aggressive than previous albums.

The hot-dog seller was being quite good with her; he didn't sound too aggressive or rough.

This time, however, he sounded somewhat less aggressive than before.

His flat, heavy face gave no hints as to what went on in the mind behind it, but his voice sounded somewhat less aggressive.