People do not talk like that, but what can one expect from hungry ghosts?

When the wife died she was reborn as a hungry ghost.

Evidently, they had no fears of hungry ghosts in the night.

"Judging by the size of this garden, it would have to be a very hungry ghost."

After the sons died they were reborn as hungry ghosts.

A hungry ghost might remember old grievances, or feel jealous of the living.

The next step involves them going to a road intersection at night to attract hungry ghosts.

After the music begins to play, the priest hits the bell to call the hungry ghosts back to the table.

She then becomes a "hungry ghost," involved in the lives of the poet's later wives.

She was reborn as a hungry ghost for innumerable life times.