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

This may sound somewhat dramatic but I make no apologies.

It sounds more dramatic, but after all what you want is facts.

If all this sounds dramatic, remember that the improvement process has been going on for centuries.

Some may think this sounds overly dramatic and even apocalyptic.

He knew it sounded dramatic, but vampire culture was like that.

It might sound dramatic, but such is life in the wild world of $130-a-barrel oil.

Reductions in numbers of warheads sounds dramatic, but is it really?

I don't want to sound dramatic, but how can we be in worse trouble?

Maybe she came from one of those colonies where people only have one name, because they think it sounds more dramatic.