3 sentences

1. 他近年的仕途非常蹭蹬。

   tā jìn​nián de shì​tú fēi​cháng cèng​dèng.

   His political career has been very frustrated in recent years.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

2. 他近年来的仕途非常蹭蹬。

   tā jìn​nián lái de shì​tú fēi​cháng cèng​dèng.

   His political career has been very frustrated in recent years.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

3. 他早年仕途屯邅，中年以后才逐渐顺遂。

   tā zǎo​nián shì​tú zhūn zhān, zhōng​nián yǐ​hòu cái zhú​jiàn shùn​suì.

   His early political career was fraught with difficulties, and it only gradually became smooth after middle age.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary